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GET/user/check_follow_relationship$0.0008 / call

Check Follow Relationship

Return the directional follow relationship between a source and target user: whether the source follows the target, and whether the target follows back.

Request

curl "https://api.twitterapis.com/user/check_follow_relationship?source_username=naval&target_username=balajis" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TWITTERAPIS_KEY"

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
source_usernamestringrequired

The account whose following is checked.

Example: naval

target_usernamestringrequired

The account being checked against.

Example: balajis

Response

FieldTypeDescription
followingboolean

True if source follows target.

followed_byboolean

True if target follows source back.

statusstring

"success" on a normal response.

Example response

{
  "following": true,
  "followed_by": false,
  "status": "success"
}

Pricing for this endpoint

user/check_follow_relationship costs $0.0008 per call and returns ~20 tweets, so roughly $0.04 per 1,000 tweets. No subscriptions or minimum spend.

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